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Greece

Birds, destinations and field guides for Greece.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 456
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 5

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Identify

Birds you are likely to see in Greece

Common Loon Gavia immer

Smew Mergellus albellus

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

European Golden Plover

European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Short-toed Snake Eagle

Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

Eurasian Blackcap

Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Striated Heron Butorides striata

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Western Yellow Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

Plan

Where to go birding in Greece

Greece Lesvos An Aegean island where eastern Mediterranean specialities meet spring migrants.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Good
AApril: Best
MMay: Best
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Good
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Poor or no data
DDecember: Poor or no data

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Field guides for Greece

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe Rob Hume, 2010 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Beginners

Collins Bird Guide

Collins Bird Guide Lars Svensson et al., 2000 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more All levels

Birds of Greece Rebecca Nason, 2020 Greece All levels

Birds of Greece

Birds of Greece George Handrinos et al., 1997 Greece All levels

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic Nils Van Duivendijk, 2011 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Experts and researchers